Beware Athlon socketA

[WotsUpDoc]

Originally posted by Darren Wilson:
Orbs are a pain in the backside. FIt one on to an ABit KT7 family of boards and the HSF will eat the capacitors by the CPU socket.

Here's a picture how I modified my Spire 5D21B3 cooler: I used a small cutter to create the extra space required to mount the 5D21B3 on an ABit KT7a Raid board:

[bojo]

Nuke thermaltake!!! I lapped a volcano 2 for
hours only to discover a bubble in the base of the heatsink. What a P.O.S.!!!

[Pyroate]

The Orb fans + t-bird combos have been the biggest cpu crushers i have seen.

[Fat_Tech]

Originally posted by WotsUpDoc:
Here's a picture how I modified my Spire 5D21B3 cooler: I used a small cutter to create the extra space required to mount the 5D21B3 on an ABit KT7a Raid board:

LOL!! Chrome Orb is my worst Nightmare!!! I have to cut the part off in order to fit into my Motherboard.
Also This damn Orb gave me a hard time to remove it!!! Remember, Folks.....DON'T BUY CHROME ORBS!!!!!

[GOVTECH]

I wasted two Duron 600's while installing a water cooling block. These things are like egg shells! At lease they were cheap!!!

[Radical Dreamer]

Originally posted by Pyroate:
The Orb fans + t-bird combos have been the biggest cpu crushers i have seen.

I've used a chrome orb on my T-bird 1.1ghz and it was a little hard to put on and off, but I did not have any space/fitting problems, hte clips are just hard to press.

All in all, I like thermaltake and I would buy from them again if I ever need to.